I just bought an '05 Double Cab Tundra and I love it!! My questions to you guys is what kind of performance upgrades are allowed without voiding the warranty? Can I put in a K&N intake and an exhaust ect.? If so have any of you guys already done that? What have you heard about this kind of stuff?

 

Dealers can't void your warranty for anything you put on, unless they can prove what you install caused the problem/failure.

 

Thanks for the guidence. I have been on the net looking for stuff for the '05 but there is nothing out there right now. I think I'm going to buy 2 of the Flowmaster 7 series and have some 3" pipe bent and installed by a custom exhaust shop here. But I'm nervouse because I've never done anything to a car/truck before.

 

Here are more details for you:

Under the federal law known as the Magnusson-Moss Act, warranty coverage cannot be denied by a vehicle dealer or a vehicle manufacturer simply because specialty parts and accessories – be they a cat-back exhaust system, supercharger, sunroof, shocks, or other modifications – have been installed on a vehicle. Warranty coverage can be denied only if the part in question actually caused the malfunction or damage for which warranty coverage is sought. In other words, a cause- and-effect relationship must exist – and the burden of proof rests not on the vehicle owner but with the vehicle manufacturer or car dealer.

 

That is some GOOD information. Thanks!! Now I'm not so nervous about enhancing my Toy!

 

This is not how it works in real life at the dealership. However,if you do reasonable mods and don't go crazy, you will be fine.

Don't do a K&N on any vehicle with a MAF (95.5 and up taco) the oil from the element is sucked in and little by little contaminates the maf. Unless they are really kind, the dealer won't warranty the MAF (the one I work at did not but that may be because of how the tech wrote it up)

DMG

 

Silly newbs.

 

Most have MAF's these days. I've used K&N filters since about 1998. Inside the MAF are very thin wires. The wires can become dirty from, well anything. If you are VERY careful, you can clean the wires with a q-tip and alcohol. I've done it many times. Cars I've had with MAF's and K&N filters: 1998 Camaro Z28, 2000 Camaro SS, 2002 Corvette.

 

Use electrical parts cleaner (the aerosol in a can, I forget who makes it.) Never touch the wires with anything.

For some reason GM doesn't want us cleaning them, only replacing but I have done it on every make of car successfully.

 

I assume autozone should have it right? Wal-mart, fleetfarm?